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Title: Heated Rivalry
Author: Rachel Reid
Genre: Romance, Sport
Format: E-Book
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Respectable entry, does what it says on the tin.
Author: Rachel Reid
Genre: Romance, Sport
Format: E-Book
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Respectable entry, does what it says on the tin.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Title: Heated Rivalry
Author: Rachel Reid
Genre: Romance, Sport
Format: E-Book
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Respectable entry, does what it says on the tin.
Author: Rachel Reid
Genre: Romance, Sport
Format: E-Book
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Respectable entry, does what it says on the tin.
Title: Her Body and Other Parties
Author: Carmen Maria Machado
Genre: Short Story, Horror
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Strong collection of short stories. Some stories are stronger than others.
Author: Carmen Maria Machado
Genre: Short Story, Horror
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Strong collection of short stories. Some stories are stronger than others.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Title: Her Body and Other Parties
Author: Carmen Maria Machado
Genre: Short Story, Horror
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Strong collection of short stories. Some stories are stronger than others.
Author: Carmen Maria Machado
Genre: Short Story, Horror
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Strong collection of short stories. Some stories are stronger than others.
Title: Giovanni’s Room
Author: James Baldwin
Genre: Classic, Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Messy, problematic, cutting. The biggest of horror in life is the horror of being known.
Author: James Baldwin
Genre: Classic, Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Messy, problematic, cutting. The biggest of horror in life is the horror of being known.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Title: Giovanni’s Room
Author: James Baldwin
Genre: Classic, Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Messy, problematic, cutting. The biggest of horror in life is the horror of being known.
Author: James Baldwin
Genre: Classic, Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 30, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Messy, problematic, cutting. The biggest of horror in life is the horror of being known.
I have a dream, and that is that one day I will be at capacity. (Isn’t my TBR cart cute?!)
November 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have a dream, and that is that one day I will be at capacity. (Isn’t my TBR cart cute?!)
Title: Things We Lost to Water
Author: Eric Nguyen
Genre: Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 28, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Lovely prose, and compelling narrative, however it was definitely a debut. It felt incomplete and not completely satisfying in its conclusions.
Author: Eric Nguyen
Genre: Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 28, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Lovely prose, and compelling narrative, however it was definitely a debut. It felt incomplete and not completely satisfying in its conclusions.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Title: Things We Lost to Water
Author: Eric Nguyen
Genre: Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 28, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Lovely prose, and compelling narrative, however it was definitely a debut. It felt incomplete and not completely satisfying in its conclusions.
Author: Eric Nguyen
Genre: Literary
Format: Paperback
Date Read: Nov 28, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Lovely prose, and compelling narrative, however it was definitely a debut. It felt incomplete and not completely satisfying in its conclusions.
Title: Don’t Let the Forest In
Author: C. G. Drews
Genre: YA Horror
Format: Harcover
Date Read: Nov 27, 2025
Star Rating: 3.75⭐️
An interesting horror with heavy fairy tale and psychological aspects and a devastating relationship between boys and their identities. Unfortunately held back by being YA
Author: C. G. Drews
Genre: YA Horror
Format: Harcover
Date Read: Nov 27, 2025
Star Rating: 3.75⭐️
An interesting horror with heavy fairy tale and psychological aspects and a devastating relationship between boys and their identities. Unfortunately held back by being YA
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Title: Don’t Let the Forest In
Author: C. G. Drews
Genre: YA Horror
Format: Harcover
Date Read: Nov 27, 2025
Star Rating: 3.75⭐️
An interesting horror with heavy fairy tale and psychological aspects and a devastating relationship between boys and their identities. Unfortunately held back by being YA
Author: C. G. Drews
Genre: YA Horror
Format: Harcover
Date Read: Nov 27, 2025
Star Rating: 3.75⭐️
An interesting horror with heavy fairy tale and psychological aspects and a devastating relationship between boys and their identities. Unfortunately held back by being YA
Pick my January TBR:
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Pick my January TBR:
Title: 6:40 to Montreal
Author: Eva Jurczyk
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 25, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Twists and turns strained suspension of belief too much. Tried too hard to conceal the solution it forgot to make it fit. But was entertaining.
Author: Eva Jurczyk
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 25, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Twists and turns strained suspension of belief too much. Tried too hard to conceal the solution it forgot to make it fit. But was entertaining.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Title: 6:40 to Montreal
Author: Eva Jurczyk
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 25, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Twists and turns strained suspension of belief too much. Tried too hard to conceal the solution it forgot to make it fit. But was entertaining.
Author: Eva Jurczyk
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 25, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Twists and turns strained suspension of belief too much. Tried too hard to conceal the solution it forgot to make it fit. But was entertaining.
Not me just checking on The Fics stats
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Not me just checking on The Fics stats
Title: Beartown
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 15, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 15, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Title: Beartown
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 15, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 15, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
Title: Sorcerer to the Crown
Author: Zen Cho
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️
The sum of its parts never equal the whole. The author tried to do more than what was needed. Characters were delightful, tho I ultimately did not buy into the romance.
Author: Zen Cho
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️
The sum of its parts never equal the whole. The author tried to do more than what was needed. Characters were delightful, tho I ultimately did not buy into the romance.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Sorcerer to the Crown
Author: Zen Cho
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️
The sum of its parts never equal the whole. The author tried to do more than what was needed. Characters were delightful, tho I ultimately did not buy into the romance.
Author: Zen Cho
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️
The sum of its parts never equal the whole. The author tried to do more than what was needed. Characters were delightful, tho I ultimately did not buy into the romance.
Title: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
Author: Carol J. Clover
Genre: Essays, Feminism, Film
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 10, 2025
Star Rating 3.75 ⭐️
Seminal, very dense. Would’ve liked more intersectional analysis but definitely a foundational read for the topic.
Author: Carol J. Clover
Genre: Essays, Feminism, Film
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 10, 2025
Star Rating 3.75 ⭐️
Seminal, very dense. Would’ve liked more intersectional analysis but definitely a foundational read for the topic.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
Author: Carol J. Clover
Genre: Essays, Feminism, Film
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 10, 2025
Star Rating 3.75 ⭐️
Seminal, very dense. Would’ve liked more intersectional analysis but definitely a foundational read for the topic.
Author: Carol J. Clover
Genre: Essays, Feminism, Film
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 10, 2025
Star Rating 3.75 ⭐️
Seminal, very dense. Would’ve liked more intersectional analysis but definitely a foundational read for the topic.
Title: Katabasis
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 8, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Not as bad nor as good as hyped. Muddied execution of style and pacing kept the story, themes and characters from really shining. But points to Kuang for committing to it.
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 8, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Not as bad nor as good as hyped. Muddied execution of style and pacing kept the story, themes and characters from really shining. But points to Kuang for committing to it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Katabasis
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 8, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Not as bad nor as good as hyped. Muddied execution of style and pacing kept the story, themes and characters from really shining. But points to Kuang for committing to it.
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 8, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️
Not as bad nor as good as hyped. Muddied execution of style and pacing kept the story, themes and characters from really shining. But points to Kuang for committing to it.
Title: The Knight and the Moth
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical (and audio)
Date Read: Nov 1, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
I thought this was lovely and I liked the atmosphere. There are some rough edges in the writing but overall I loved the tone. I will be reading the sequel
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical (and audio)
Date Read: Nov 1, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
I thought this was lovely and I liked the atmosphere. There are some rough edges in the writing but overall I loved the tone. I will be reading the sequel
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Knight and the Moth
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical (and audio)
Date Read: Nov 1, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
I thought this was lovely and I liked the atmosphere. There are some rough edges in the writing but overall I loved the tone. I will be reading the sequel
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical (and audio)
Date Read: Nov 1, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
I thought this was lovely and I liked the atmosphere. There are some rough edges in the writing but overall I loved the tone. I will be reading the sequel
Title: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 28, 2025
Star Rating: 2.5⭐️
Mediocre romance baked in poor world building and writing. Unfortunately it is highly readable and very amusing at multiple points. Will not read the sequels.
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 28, 2025
Star Rating: 2.5⭐️
Mediocre romance baked in poor world building and writing. Unfortunately it is highly readable and very amusing at multiple points. Will not read the sequels.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 28, 2025
Star Rating: 2.5⭐️
Mediocre romance baked in poor world building and writing. Unfortunately it is highly readable and very amusing at multiple points. Will not read the sequels.
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 28, 2025
Star Rating: 2.5⭐️
Mediocre romance baked in poor world building and writing. Unfortunately it is highly readable and very amusing at multiple points. Will not read the sequels.
Title: Assata: An Autobiography
Author: Assata Shakur
Genre: Bio/Memoir
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 19, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Incisive, touching and unmatched. Essential reading and I could talk about Assata’s writing all day.
Author: Assata Shakur
Genre: Bio/Memoir
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 19, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Incisive, touching and unmatched. Essential reading and I could talk about Assata’s writing all day.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Assata: An Autobiography
Author: Assata Shakur
Genre: Bio/Memoir
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 19, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Incisive, touching and unmatched. Essential reading and I could talk about Assata’s writing all day.
Author: Assata Shakur
Genre: Bio/Memoir
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 19, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Incisive, touching and unmatched. Essential reading and I could talk about Assata’s writing all day.
Title: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Genre: Horror
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 14, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️
Still thinking about it. Still crying about Weasel Plume. Probs the best horror book I have read in years.
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Genre: Horror
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 14, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️
Still thinking about it. Still crying about Weasel Plume. Probs the best horror book I have read in years.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Genre: Horror
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 14, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️
Still thinking about it. Still crying about Weasel Plume. Probs the best horror book I have read in years.
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Genre: Horror
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 14, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️
Still thinking about it. Still crying about Weasel Plume. Probs the best horror book I have read in years.
Title: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: October 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
I am so angry that I liked the writing so much that I almost gave it 3 stars. Too long but I can never a hate book where the writing has an actual voice.
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: October 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
I am so angry that I liked the writing so much that I almost gave it 3 stars. Too long but I can never a hate book where the writing has an actual voice.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: October 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
I am so angry that I liked the writing so much that I almost gave it 3 stars. Too long but I can never a hate book where the writing has an actual voice.
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: October 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
I am so angry that I liked the writing so much that I almost gave it 3 stars. Too long but I can never a hate book where the writing has an actual voice.
Title: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slaveowners in the American South
Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Genre: History
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 22, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
Interesting examination and debunking of myths about the perpetrators of slavery. A bit repetitive by the end
Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Genre: History
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 22, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
Interesting examination and debunking of myths about the perpetrators of slavery. A bit repetitive by the end
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slaveowners in the American South
Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Genre: History
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 22, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
Interesting examination and debunking of myths about the perpetrators of slavery. A bit repetitive by the end
Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Genre: History
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 22, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️
Interesting examination and debunking of myths about the perpetrators of slavery. A bit repetitive by the end
Title: A Curse for True Love
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 20, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️
Same as the first 2.
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 20, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️
Same as the first 2.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: A Curse for True Love
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 20, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️
Same as the first 2.
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 20, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️
Same as the first 2.
Title: The Ballad of Never After
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 18, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Same experience as the first. Protagonist still frustrating as hell.
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 18, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Same experience as the first. Protagonist still frustrating as hell.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Ballad of Never After
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 18, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Same experience as the first. Protagonist still frustrating as hell.
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 18, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Same experience as the first. Protagonist still frustrating as hell.
Title: Before Versailles
Author: Karleen Koen
Genre: Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 15, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Sort of a let down after the last book. But nothing really wrong with it.
Author: Karleen Koen
Genre: Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 15, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Sort of a let down after the last book. But nothing really wrong with it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Before Versailles
Author: Karleen Koen
Genre: Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 15, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Sort of a let down after the last book. But nothing really wrong with it.
Author: Karleen Koen
Genre: Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 15, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️
Sort of a let down after the last book. But nothing really wrong with it.
Title: In Memoriam
Author: Alice Winn
Genre: Historical, Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 12, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Tearjerker, absolutely wrecked me for days.
Author: Alice Winn
Genre: Historical, Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 12, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Tearjerker, absolutely wrecked me for days.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: In Memoriam
Author: Alice Winn
Genre: Historical, Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 12, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Tearjerker, absolutely wrecked me for days.
Author: Alice Winn
Genre: Historical, Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 12, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️
Tearjerker, absolutely wrecked me for days.
Title: Axiom’s End
Author: Lindsay Ellis
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 9, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun read and we love a good sidekick.
Author: Lindsay Ellis
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 9, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun read and we love a good sidekick.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: Axiom’s End
Author: Lindsay Ellis
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 9, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun read and we love a good sidekick.
Author: Lindsay Ellis
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 9, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun read and we love a good sidekick.
Title: James
Author: Percival Everett
Genre: Literary
Format: e-book
Date Read: Apr 6, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun and incisive remix of a classic. Accolades deserved. Did feel the ending/pacing was a bit too fast but that is just a taste thing in this case
Author: Percival Everett
Genre: Literary
Format: e-book
Date Read: Apr 6, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun and incisive remix of a classic. Accolades deserved. Did feel the ending/pacing was a bit too fast but that is just a taste thing in this case
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: James
Author: Percival Everett
Genre: Literary
Format: e-book
Date Read: Apr 6, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun and incisive remix of a classic. Accolades deserved. Did feel the ending/pacing was a bit too fast but that is just a taste thing in this case
Author: Percival Everett
Genre: Literary
Format: e-book
Date Read: Apr 6, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️
Really fun and incisive remix of a classic. Accolades deserved. Did feel the ending/pacing was a bit too fast but that is just a taste thing in this case